Diary of a commoner living in Camelot

by livesofsubstance

Tommy is a stableboy in the castle. He started keeping a diary a few months ago, it is his most precious possession. Gently poking fun at Merlin plotholes and a fun imagining of what life must have been like for a commoner in Camelot, dealing with the occasional dragon attack and escaped prisoner. Very roughly corresponds to the episode order

5. Chapter 5

Entry 37

You know, for a kingdom with a ban on magic, there's all sorts of shady people coming to stable their horses. Just this evening there was a man with burn scars all over his face murmuring what I'm pretty sure was spells to his horse. He told me he was a physician when I asked, and said that he had a "remedy to cure all ills" which he wanted to present to the King. Hah, as if he wasn't already sketchy enough without that dramatic tagline.

His horse was a beauty though.